When it comes to parking at the charging station, cities and ADAC often disagree, but there is no dispute when it comes to fees.
The ADAC criticizes inconsistent and confusing rules when parking at public charging stations in Germany.
The traffic club called for this “mess of signs” to be replaced by nationwide uniform rules for charging and parking. The current signage is partly “unclear and misleading”.
The ADAC had queried the rules for parking at public charging stations in the 16 German state capitals and city states and found some major differences. Electric vehicles of all kinds were only allowed to park at the pillars in five cities. In the rest you needed an E-mark. In two cities, combustion engines were even allowed to park at some charging stations – at least at night.
When it comes to the question of whether you can park at the charging stations without charging, five cities said yes and the others no. And there were sometimes different rules for fast charging stations. According to the ADAC, even the signs did not always provide clear information: For example, with the additional sign “During the charging process”, what applies when the battery is full but the car is still parked remains open.
According to the ADAC, the cities agree on at least one point: parking at the charging station does not incur any separate fees.
Source From: Stern
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